Three-time Wimbledon and four-time U.S. Open champion John McEnroe repeated today that 1992 was likely to be his last on the international tennis circuit.
The 32-year-old American, whose ranking slipped to a 15-year low of 28 at the end of 1991, said he would quit if his results did not improve."Unless there's a drastic change, this is going to be my last year," McEnroe told reporters at Memorial Drive, where he will play in the Rio Challenge six-man exhibition series from Wednesday through Saturday.
"I feel good about it because you have to make a decision, and I feel good about the decision.
"I'm leaving the door open, but I also realize for me that as each year passes it's going to be that much tougher to possibly win a big tournament."
McEnroe returned to Australia today for the first time in two years.
The left-hander is preparing for his fifth assault on the Australian Open, where he has never advanced beyond the semifinals.
McEnroe was defaulted in the fourth round of the 1990 tournament during the fourth set of his match against Sweden's Mikael Pernfors.
Chair umpire Gerry Armstrong threw out the explosive McEnroe for using abusive language.
McEnroe said he had no ill feelings against Australia following the incident.
"As far as I was concerned it had nothing to do with Australia, it was just to do with me not knowing the rules and overdoing it," he said. "It was just one of those things that it happened here."
The winner of 77 career singles titles, McEnroe said he was conscious he had not won a Grand Slam title since 1984.